Sports News of Saturday, 3 July 2021Source: footballghana.comBlack Stars defender, Abdul Baba Rahman has revealed that Nigeria's John Mikel Obi tried to convince him to stay at Chelsea following the arrival of Antonio Conte at the club. Baba Rahman, formerly of Asante Kotoko and Dreams FC was signed during Jose Mourinho’s last season at Chelsea but struggled to break into the starting lineup. According to him, Mikel Obi tried to convince him to stay at the club despite all his troubles with the Italian manager. He revealed that the Nigerian midfielder actually advised him to ignore Conte’s antics but things only got worse, so he had to leave. “I don’t know maybe my name was easy on his tongue, like every small thing was like ‘Baba’ ‘Baba’ and most of the players came to ask me what’s going on and I said I don’t know,” he told Joy Sports.

Source: GhanaWeb July 03, 2021 14:37 UTC